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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20241108Final_Order_No_36387.pdf Office of the Secretary Service Date November 8,2024 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER ) CASE NO. IPC-E-24-18 COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR ) APPROVAL OF A CLEAN ENERGY YOUR ) ORDER NO. 36387 WAY CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT ) WITH THE CITY OF BOISE AND THE ) FIRST AMENDMENT THERETO ) On April 23, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied for approval of a Clean Energy Your Way("CEYW") Construction Agreement("Agreement")with the city of Boise City ("City") as well as the First Amendment thereto ("Amendment") (collectively "Amended Agreement"). The Company submitted copies of both the Agreement and Amendment as attachments and requests the matter be processed by Modified Procedure with an order issuing prior to September 1, 2024. On August 23, 2024, the Commission issued Order No. 36302 approving the Amended Agreement contingent upon the correction of the error Staff noted in Table 1 of the First Revised Exhibit 1. In addition,the Company was ordered to submit as a compliance filing(1)a copy of the Revised Exhibit 1 executed by the City; and(2) a revised Schedule 26 with updated Tables I and 2 that reflects Micron Technology,Inc. ("Micron")allocation of Black Mesa Energy,LLC("Black Mesa") after the effective date of the Amended Agreement. On September 25, 2024, the Company submitted a compliance filing with a Second Amendment to the Renewable PPA between Idaho Power and the City that included a revised Exhibit 1 and the Company also submitted a Revised Schedule 26 that updated Tables 1 and 2. Staff reviewed the filing and, at the Commission's October 15, 2024, decision meeting, presented a Decision Memorandum recommending that the Commission accept the filing. COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company's Application and the issues in this case under Title 61 of the Idaho Code including Idaho Code §§ 61-301 through 303. The Commission is empowered to investigate rates, charges,rules,regulations,practices, and contracts of all public utilities and to determine whether they are just, reasonable, preferential, discriminatory, or in violation of any provisions of law, and to fix the same by order. Idaho Code §§ 61-501 through 503. ORDER NO. 36387 1 Having reviewed the record and the Company's submission and Staff s recommendation, the Commission finds that the Company has complied with the Commission's order to submit (1) a corrected First Revised Exhibit 1 rectifying the error identified by Staff, and (2) a revised Schedule 26 with updated Tables 1 and 2 that reflects Micron's allocation of Black Mesa after the effective date of the Amended Agreement. ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company's compliance filing is accepted. THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date upon this Order regarding any matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. Idaho Code § 61-626. DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 8th day of November 2024. ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER G EDWARD LODGE, Cb&1MISSIONER ATTEST: I L to sw.. 4 aB A Liod S Commission Secre 07 IALegahELECTRICUPC-E-24-18_CEYW\orders�CE2418_Compliance atdocx ORDER NO. 36387 2